Gallery: Old photos related to July 7 Incident

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A Chinese soldier with a machinegun is in position at one end of the Lugou Bridge in the undated old file photo. (Chinanews.com/file photo)

Seventy-seven years ago, at Lugou Bridge, known as Marco Polo Bridge to the Western people, Japanese troops attacked Chinese defenders in the nearby fortress town of Wanping, marking the beginning of the eight-year War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.